Wider rollout for Android 4.4.2 on Samsung's 2013 flagship

At Mobile World Congress last week we were somewhat surprised to see a bunch of European Galaxy S4s on the show floor running new Android 4.4-based firmware — and now it appears Samsung has deemed the update ready for the masses. This morning we're seeing reports from GS4 owners in Poland, Malaysia and the Philippines indicating that over-the-air updates between 350 and 400MB are now pushing out, bringing Samsung's 2013 flagship up to the latest version of Android. Other countries, too, are sure to be included in the initial rollout.

As we saw in Barcelona last week, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of outward differences between the new firmware and the old Android 4.3-based ROM, besides the presence of new, white status bar icons. And certainly we're not yet seeing any of the visual changes from the Galaxy S5 trickling down to older Samsung devices. Nevertheless, KitKat brings a bunch of system-level improvements from which S4 owners can now benefit.

If you've got a European or Asian Galaxy S4, now would be a good time to check for updates. Be sure to drop by the commends after you're done and let us know if you're seeing KitKat on your device.

Hi everyone! just joined in because I'm quite curious what will happen to my phone if I update it to kitkat. I bought my phone back in Malaysia and I'm currently studying in UK, does anyone know if it will update just fine? I'm quite unsure whether it will get locked afterwards or something. would really appreciate some help, cheers!

Just got mine (+63 PH). So far so good. Battery usage was optimized. Overall graphics is superb! No keyboard bug for me. However, no major ui changes such as user profiles and other stuff. And surprise! I manually installed the Google Experience Launcher, and I'm having fun with the "Ok Google" voice command! Hope there are more updates to come after S5's landing here in the Philippines soon.

How can anyone have the S4 for a full 12 minth? I got mine before it was available in stores, ordered it over the phone, and received it 4/29/13, I don't think the S4 was available last year in the beginning of March.
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